Fob match-book machines



May 27 1924.

E SNYDER FLAP BENDING MECHANISM FOR MATCH BOOK MACHINES Filed April 7, 1925 Patented May 27, 192 1.

UNITED STATS measu- EUGENE SNYDER, or BA B ETON, onro, ASSIGNO'R TO THE DIAMOND MATCH com- PA 'Y; or CHICAGO, rttrnors,

A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

ELAP-BENDING MECHANISM non MATCH-BOOK MACHINES.

Application filed April 7,

To all whom'z't may concern.

Be it known that I, EUGENE SNYDER, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Barberton, in the county of Summit and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Flap-Bending Mechanism for Match-Book Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to machines for making so-called =book matches comprising associated matches and flexible covers; and it'has particular reference to mechanism for transversely bending the cover flaps preparatory to their presentation to the fold ing and tucking instrumentalities.

invention :is an; in'iprovement in or modification of the flap-bending mechanism forming the subject of Letters Patent of 'the United States No. 1,272,510, dated July 16, 1918; the object of the improvement being to provide simple and'efficient mechanism whereby each succeeding cover flap is positively bent .and ironed at its free outer end to present, when the flap is folded, a relatively narrow and rigid lip that can be positively and accurately entered beneath the fastened end foldofthe cover, as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

7 In the'drawings- I Figure 1 is an elevation, partly in section, of a portion of the endless carrier and supporting parts of amatch-bookmachina embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation through the carrier, illustrating the operation of the presserwheel and adjuncts on the flap extension of a match-book cover.

Fig. 3 is a section, enlarged, of portions of the co-acting flap bending wheels, illustrating the bending operation.

Referring to the drawings, 10 designates a portion of an endless carrier in which the match cards aand covers I) are assembled and bound together in book-like form, in such a manner that one end of each cover extends outwardly beyond the carrier to pro vide a flap 0 which can be folded over upon the matches, and the outer end of the flap then be securely tucked beneath the free edge of the fastened narrow fold d at the opposite end of the cover. The carrier is supported and guided by suitably-arranged wheels 11 mounted on the shafts 12 carried by the supporting framework 13 of the machine. The match books with their outward- 1923. Serial No. 630,465.

ly extending cover flaps are ejected, pair by pair, from the carrier and into cooperative relation with the folding and tucking mechanisms, as-fully set out in Patent No. 1,272,510 aforesaid.

In the previous construction the flap extensions of the covers, as they are carried about a guide wheel 11 in advance of the folding and tucking devices, are supported upon a supplemental wheel spaced laterally from the guide wheel, and a freely-rotatable presser-wheel is mounted to bear upon the slightly depress the portions of the covers bridging the space between the guide and supplemental wheels. This necessitates the depression of the flaps well inward of their outer ends in order to insure a bent condition of the flaps preparatory to the folding and tucking operations. According to my present invention I so construct and arrange the supplemental wheel member 14; that it supports the free end of each flap extension, and I so mount the presser wheel 15 that it co-acts with the supplemental wheel member to bend or turn up the outer end of the flap in such wise as to present, when the flap is folded, an inclined lip that can be more certainly moved than formerly under the retaining fold of the cover by the action of the tucking devices.

In the present instance the wheel member 14.15, preferably, an integral part of the wheel 11 and is provided with an outer peripheral flange 16 spaced a suflicient distance from the carrier 10 to support above therim of the wheel member 14 the outer end of each succeeding flap extension as it progresses with the carrier; the inner face of the flange being beveled or inclined as shown at 17. The presser wheel 15 is so mounted that its rounded periphery extends below the top of the flange 16 and in close relation to the beveled face of the latter. The hub 18 of the wheel is splined on a shaft 19 so as to have movement longitudinally of, as well as rotation with the shaft, which shaft has its bearings in suitablydisposedboxes 20 on the frame standards. A spring 21, which encircles the shaft and bears at its respective ends against the wheel hub to prevent the contact of the periphery of th wheel with the flange. Fast on one end of the shaft 19 is a sprocket Wheel 24: which is actuated through a driven chain 25 to rotate the presser wheel at the same speed asthe carrier. Any suitable means for actuating the shaft may be employed.

From the foregoing it will be seen that as the books with their open cover flaps progress to and past the lower peripheral path of the positively driven presser wheel 15, the outer end portion of each succeeding flap is uniformly depressed by'said wheel and forced laterally against the opposing beveled face of the flange 16, with an iron-- ing effect, in such a manner that the free end of the flap is turned upward and outward, as seen at e in Figs. 2 and 3. Hence when each flap is subsequently folded over upon the matches, there is provided at the free end of the flap a relatively narrow inclined lip that can be readily and accurately pushed beneath the edge of the retaining fold (Z of the match book by the action of the tucking devices. I

t is to be understood that my invention is not limited to the specific construction and arrangement herein disclosed as the same may be variously modified within the principle of the invention and the scope of the appended claims.

I claim 1. In a machine for making match books comprising associated matches and covers,

each of said covers including a retaining fold at one end and an outwardly extending flap at the opposite end thereof, the combination with means for advancing said books in succession, of an element having a supporting surface for the outer ends of the flaps, a flap-pressing wheel mounted to rotate laterally of and adjacent said supporting surface, and means for yieldingly forcing said wheel laterally and toward such surface.

2. In a machine for making match books comprising associated matches and covers, each of said covers including a. retaining fold at one end and an outwardly extending fla v at the opposite end thereof, the combination with means for advancing said books in succession, of an element having a supporting surface for the outer ends of the flaps, a flap-pressing wheel mounted to rotate laterally of and adjacent said supporting surface, means for yieldingly forcing said Wheel laterally and toward such surface, and means for positively rotating said wheel concurrently with the advancement of the books.

3. In a match-book machine having a carrier for match books, whereof the covers each include a fastenedfold atone end and an outwardly-extending flap at the opposite end, a wheel element having two portions upon one of which the carrier is supported, the other portion having a peripheral flange upon which the outer ends of the cover flaps are supported, a flap pressing wheel mount ed to rotate laterally of and adjacent said flange, and means for yieldingly forcing said wheel laterally and toward said flange.

4. In a match-hook machine having a carrier for match books, whereof the covers each include a fastened fold at one end and an outwardly-extending flap at. the opposite end, a wheel element having two portions upon. one of which the carrier is supported, the other portion having a peripheral flange upon which the outer ends of the cover flaps are supported, a flap pressing wheel mounted to rotate laterally of and adjacent said flange. means for yieldingly forcing said wheel laterally and toward said flange, and means for positively rotating said pressing wheel concurrently with the travel of the carrier.

Signed at Barberton, in the county of Summit and State of Ohio, this 5 day of April A. D. 1923.

EUGENE SNYDER. 

